War… war never changes, this iconic Fallout quote rings so true in light of the real events unfolding. Everywhere humankind goes, war goes with them. It is waged in the air, land, by sea, and now with 1’s and 0’s. The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) has picked a fight with nearly …

September 21, 2015Featured, Game ReviewComments Off on 30 Years of Snake – The Phantom Pain Review

With 30 years of Metal Gear gaming under the belt, this month Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain released, together with the prequel chapter Ground Zeroes, Hideo Kojima ties up once again, more loose ends for Big Boss, this time in the 1980s on one of the largest stages ever set …

September 20, 2015FeaturedComments Off on I played this game called Metal Gear… then thirty years happened…

Looking back I could probably break down video games into 6 or maybe 7 distinct eras of gaming. Where each era was defined by distinct takes and preferences on what I was interested in playing, on which platforms, and the social aspects that went along with each. In probably my …

September 15, 2015FeaturedComments Off on A Side of Developer Life With Triangle Studios

I am almost nearing 1,000 PC games in my combined game store libraries. That number doesn’t really include every video game I’ve ever played. That game count still pales in comparison to the number of games that are out there to play, all vying for gamer attention, all made …

Does it really matter which version of Windows you are using to send an email, work on a spreadsheet, or look at a web page? Let’s face it, since Windows 95 these features are essentially the same and Window’s incremental improvements for $100-$210 a pop really do not matter for common …

July 21, 2015FeaturedComments Off on LOST in The Forest A Game Diary (Part I)

What I remember most about that night was the rain, my God, the rain. I woke up with the skies a dark, acrid black and a downpour that wouldn’t let up. Even with an umbrella, coat, and standing between two large buildings, rain water was seeped into my toes. I …

As we left off previously, Kickstarter has opened a new avenue previously unattainable by your average gamer. Obsidian Entertainment, announced in 2012 that it wanted to do a Baldur’s Gate/Icewind Dale type of spiritual successor. Did big publishing houses want this? No, gamers did, 700,000 of them fervently did. These …

I unfold a large rectangular shaped glossy paper several times until it covers a quarter of my bed space. I sit back with a flashlight, and some sticky notes, I review the areas I’ve already covered in the galactic map spread out before the bed. By my estimation, roughly half …